Hair-clipper



(No Model.)

S. N. CHANEY.

l HAIR GLIPPER. No. 512,009.

Patented Jan. 2

/NVENTOH 7V [AMAA/$6) ATTORNEYS.

UNirnn STATE-s' PATENT Orricn.

sILAs N. oHANEY, or eRANeEV1LLE, LoU-ISIANA.

Y HfAla-CLIPPER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietts Patent Nas-12,009, dated January 2, 1894. Application filed September 22, 1893. Serial No. 486.152.` (No model.)

To a/ZZ- whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SILAS- N. CHANEY, of

Grangeville, in the parishof St.'Heleiia andA 'State of Louisiana, have invented new and,

Y an air current as hereinafterrdescribed, and

this-same current also serves to carry off any loose d andru, &c., in the hair.

'lo these ends my invention consists of certain features of construction and combina-v tions of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

\ Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part 'of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the hair clipper'embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a broken plan view of -tliesame, with the body thrown open. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating the relative positions of the slotted disk and the revoluble knife which turns thereon; and Fig. 5 is a similar detail, showing the knife in another position. I

The machine is provided with a tapering tubular body 10, which is attached at .its upper edge asv shown at 11, to a collar -1 2, this being attached to one end of the hose 13, and the latter is adapted to connect with an exhaust fan so that a current of air may be`drawn through the body 10,` this current serving to operate the knife and remove the cut hair as hereinafter described. The body 10 is held closed against'the collar 12 by a spring catch 14 which 'may be of any suitable kind, and by releasing the catch and throwing open the body as shown in Fig. 2, the inner mechanism may be reached and easily adjusted. The 'body of the clipper is provided with a suitable handle 15, bywhich it may be easily the body is closed by a plate 16 which is provided with radial slot-s 17, these having cutting edges 18 on their inner sides, as shown clearly in Fig. 5.

'l A revoluble knife 19, turns atwise on the inner side of the plate 16, this knife; having cutting edges 20, which as they slide over the edges 18, cutthe hair which projects inward through the slots 17. This construction pro vides for a shear cut, so that the hair is cut. smoothly and without pulling. The knife 19 is secured to the lower or outer end ofa shaft 21, which extends longitudinally through the body 10, and turns in suitable bearings as described below, this' shaft havingl at its outer manipulated, and the outeror reduced end of end a square tenon 22, which tits in a mortise iu thewcenter of the knife, and the en d'ofthe shaft is threaded to receive'a nut 23 by which the knife is fastened in place, and the knife is recessed as shown 3.1.24, so as to receive the nut and permit the knife to turn fiat against the'plate 16. Any suitable means may be employed for fastening the knife to the shaft, without aecting vthe principle of myi'nvention. A

The shaft 2l turns in cross pieces 25 and 26, which are secured/to the body 10, andthe innerer upper cross piece 26 has threaded in it a set screw 27,5 which is seated in one end of the shaft 21, and by means of this set screw the shaft may be in'ov'ed longitudinally so as to hold the knife 19 snugly against' the slotted plate 16. Qn' the shaft 21 is a propeller or wind-wheel28, which maybe of any suitable constructin, and which is held to the shaft by means of aset screw 28". The pitch of the propeller or wind-wheel blades is suoli that the wheel is turned by a current ofi-air passing inwardly through the body 10.

lA brake -29,fcomposed of springmetal, is secured at one end as shown at 30, to the inner side of the body 10, and, at a point opposite the propeller, the-spring of the metal being such as to normally hold the brake out of contact with tlie wheel. The brake is provided with 'a shank or push button 31 which extends outward through a slot in the wall of the body 10, and by pushing inwardly on the button the brake may be moved into the path of the .propeller blades so as to prevent the wheel and knife from turning, but it will be The machine is operated by startingthe exhaust fan so as to create a draft through the hose 13 and body 10, after which the body is movedove'r the hair =to be"cut,f`w'ith the slotted 4plate 16 next the hair. f The air .draftv causes the hair to be drawn through the slots 17,.and the revolvingknife cuts it, while the air'draft carries the hairv away. f

It will be understood that the hose land the fan which causes the draft, may be ar-v ranged in any convenient place, so that the hair may be deposited in such amanner as to leave the person of the operator, the one operated on, and the room in which the operation takes place, entirely free from loose hair, dandruff, &c. This is because the draft generated in the machine is suicient to draw in, through the slotted plate 16,' all the loose hair, dandrutf, &c., on thellead of the person operated upon and expel the same through the hose,13, so that there is no chance for the said loose materials to fly over the person and about the room. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as nevi1 and desire to secure by Letters Patentp l 1. A yhair clipper, comprising a hollow body having a slotted plate at one end, a revoluble knife arranged to turn on the inner face of the slotted plate, and a hose connected to one end of the body and adapted to connect with 4o an exhaust fan, substantiallyV as specified.

2.A ,Alha/ir clipper, comprisiuga hollow body having a'slotted plate at one end andna hose at the other, a revoluble propeller or -Windv'vheel'mounted in the body, and a knife driven by the propeller and turning on the inner specified.

3. A hair clipper, comprising a hollow body l'having Ja slotted plate at one end and a hose at the other,alongitudinally adjustable shaft mounted in the body, a knife carried at one end of thevshaftfandt-urningf-ont-he inner face of theslotted plate, and a wind-Wheel or having a slotted plate at one end, cross pieces mounted inthe body, a revoluble shaft longitudinally adjustable in the cross pieces, a

knife on the shaft, turning on'the inner face of the slotted plate,a propeller or wind-wheel on the shaft, and a hose connected with the body and adapted to connect with an exhaust fan, substantially as specified.

6. The combination of the hollow body, the

. '45 face. ofthe ,slotted plate,.substantially .as

slotted end plate, the revoluble knife, the

revoluble propeller to drive the knife, the

'brake to engage the propeller, and a catch to hold the brake in locked position, substantially as specified. y

v SILAS N. CHANEY.

Witnesses:

B. C. PERKINS, B. F. BRYAN. 

